{"id":2837,"date":"2015-06-20T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T14:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2015-06-20T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T14:39:41","slug":"fathers-day-quotes-on-building-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2837","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day Quotes on Building Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What\u00a0can we learn about trust from the great leaders, teachers, writers and philosophers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This week, and in recognition of Father’s Day we turn our attention to quotes from fathers, for fathers and about fathers.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Regardless of your role in life- a parent, teacher, business, religious or military leader, the following contain many messages\u00a0about character, competence and consistency, the key ingredients for building trust.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cBeing a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.\u201d John Wooden<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cFathers\u2026it\u2019s vital to exhibit a thoughtful balance between being a tough as nails disciplinarian and compassionate gentle patriarch to our families. Too much of one devastates relationships and too much of the other emasculates our ability to effectively lead. Our wives and children need the security and assurance of knowing that we can be both tough and tender. One side steel\u2026the other side velvet. ~Jason Versey\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cThe greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.\u201d Dan Pearce<\/li>\n
  4. “The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.”\u00a0Reed Markham<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cAs fathers, we should have a desire to be active participants in our children\u2019s lives.\u201d Asa Don Brown<\/li>\n
  6. “(My father) didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence B. Kelland<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cI believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.\u201d Umberto Eco<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cDads. Do you not realize that a child is what you tell them they are? That people almost always become what they are labeled? Was whatever your child just did really the \u201cdumbest thing you\u2019ve ever seen somebody do\u201d? Was it really the \u201cmost ridiculous thing they ever could have done\u201d? Do you really believe that your child is an idiot? Because she now does. Think about that. Because you said it, she now believes it. Bravo.\u201d \u00a0Dan Pearce<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cHis client needs him, he says. Needs him? But isn\u2019t he needed at home?\u201d Beth Kephart<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cThe strength of a man is in his character. A strong man is great man of wisdom who understands, his top priority is to his family.\u201d \u00a0Ellen J. Barrier<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cAs a father, we need to actively listen.\u201d \u00a0Asa Don Brown<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cIt has been said that as goes the family, so goes the world. It can also be said that as goes the father, so goes the family.\u201d \u00a0Voddie T. Baucham Jr.<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cMy dad kept giving me “love pats.” Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are administered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.\u201d \u00a0Stephen Chbosky<\/li>\n
  14. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano<\/li>\n
  15. “One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.” George Herbert<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cThere’s no better cure for the fear of taking after one’s father, than not to know who he is.\u201d \u00a0Andre Gide<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cSpiritual fathers have influence over the lives of individuals. Patriarchs have influence over families. The devil has been able to destroy families because there is a lack of spiritual fathers and patriarchs.\u201d \u00a0Sherry K. White<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cThere is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.\u201d \u00a0Amit Ray<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cA father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self. Every attempt to live as if he were alone is a denial of the fact that he is actually responsible. He cannot escape the responsibility, which is his because he is a father. This reality refutes the fictitious notion that the isolated individual is the agent of all ethical behavior. It is not the isolated individual but the responsible person who is the proper agent to be considered in ethical reflection.\u201d \u00a0Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cListen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline and teach, fight and mold them until they know all he knows. His goal is to make them better than he is. Being their friend is a distant second to this.\u201d \u00a0Victor Devlin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Did your father say or do something that encouraged you to lead with trust? Please share your story with us.<\/p>\n

    Want to read more from this series?<\/p>\n

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